Ferdinand Mount

Ferdinand Mount is vice-chairman of the Power commission. He edited the Times Literary Supplement (1991-2002), and has written nine novels and six works of non-fiction. His latest non-fiction work is Mind the Gap: The New Class Divide in Britain (Short Books, 2004).

The Power inquiry: making politics breathe

Does it really matter if people don't vote? Why should we worry if some of us prefer to sink into a sudoku or watch the sushi bar go

By Ferdinand Mount

/ 28 Feb 2006